Lomography is bringing back its weird/popular LomoChrome Turquoise film

Dig odd-looking film stocks? Than you’ll love LomoChrome Turquoise XR 100-400 speed film. Lomography Good news for film shooters who love a strange film stock. Lomography is relaunching its popular LomoChrome Turquoise XR 100-400 speed film. Introduced in 2014, Lomography’s turquoise-hued film transforms everyday colors into shades of emerald and turquoise and pushes blue skies… Continue reading Lomography is bringing back its weird/popular LomoChrome Turquoise film

OWC expands into photography with a new line of high-speed, rugged memory cards

OWC OWC has just announced a new line of high-performance, rugged SD and CFexpress Type B memory cards aimed at photographers, videographers, and other creative professions. Price and performance-wise, they look set to go toe-to-toe with the best companies like SanDisk and Sony have to offer.  Who are OWC? OWC stands for Other World Computing.… Continue reading OWC expands into photography with a new line of high-speed, rugged memory cards

Viltrox’s new EF-E5 Canon EF to Sony E mount adapter sports shiny OLED display, Eye AF, IBIS, EXIF passthrough

Viltrox has announced a new Canon EF to Sony E mount “smart” lens adapter. As with most other “smart” lens adapters, this one allows you to pass through autofocus and EXIF information for complete data communications. This one, however, has a shiny new OLED display on top of it. The $199 Viltrox EF-E5 Smart Mount… Continue reading Viltrox’s new EF-E5 Canon EF to Sony E mount adapter sports shiny OLED display, Eye AF, IBIS, EXIF passthrough

A Review of the Venus Optics Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO Lens

A good macro lens can be one of the most versatile in a photographer’s bag, offering fantastic sharpness suitable for things like portraits in addition to its extreme magnification capabilities. The Venus Optics Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO offers even more magnification than normal, and this great video review takes a look at… Continue reading A Review of the Venus Optics Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO Lens

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Why the S1R Is Still One of the Best Cameras for Landscape Photographers

Though the Panasonic Lumix S1R remains a dark-horse contender among its full frame mirrorless competitors, I believe Panasonic made a strong entry into the market that is still worth considering over the more established and up-to-date competition. Check out this article to learn about some interesting features that the S1R has to offer for landscape… Continue reading Why the S1R Is Still One of the Best Cameras for Landscape Photographers

Targus is Making a Backpack with an Integrated Apple Tracker

Targus has announced a new backpack that comes with an Apple Find My tracker that functions as if an AirTag is built directly into it. Targus bills its new backpack as both high-tech and sustainable. The Cypress Hero Backpack is IPX3 water-resistant backpack and is made from 26 recycled plastic water bottles in addition to… Continue reading Targus is Making a Backpack with an Integrated Apple Tracker

Viltrox announces ultra-wide 13mm f/1.4 autofocus lens for Fuji X priced at $469

The third-party autofocus lens collection for Fuji is just exploding now that they’ve opened up their protocols. The latest to be added to this list is an ultra-wide and super bright lens from Viltrox. It’s the Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 autofocus lens and it offers a field of view equivalent to about 20mm on a full-frame… Continue reading Viltrox announces ultra-wide 13mm f/1.4 autofocus lens for Fuji X priced at $469

Sony A7 III vs A7 IV – Is it really worth the upgrade?

The Sony A7 IV has been shipping and already gotten into the hands of a lucky few judging from the posts I’ve been seeing on Facebook lately. A lot of people are still waiting, but yet more are still on the fence. Is it worth upgrading my Sony A7 III? If I don’t have either,… Continue reading Sony A7 III vs A7 IV – Is it really worth the upgrade?